Swaffham Newsletter

PAY MONTHLY
Light up for our Lisa Fundraiser
Kay and her girls from the Market Cross and Gill,Keith
and all their girls from Just Hair along with Lucy, Lesley
and all of Lisa's family would like to say a huge thankyou
to everyone who came and supported their Hogroast,
with entertainment by the wonderful ''Pot of
Gold Shanty Crew'' who so generously donated £200
of their fee back for Lisa. Also huge thanks to Alex
and his team at Impson's Butchers and his abattoir
for donating all the meat and to Dougie and Jacob
for cooking it so perfectly. Another huge thankyou
to Emma and Andy from Wellbread bakers for
donating all the bread rolls, mince pies and raffle
prize along with so many other people, including
friends and family who gave wonderful raffle prizes.
Finally, thanks to Father Christmas for entertaining
children big and small and to everyone who gave
such generous donations and made and donated all
the delicious chocolate Brownies.
Wissey u3a
On Thursday 7th December
we enjoyed our Christmas Party when we were
entertained by Rockavox and what a joyful way it
proved to be to start the season’s celebrations.
At our first meeting of the New Year, on Thursday 4th
January 2024, our guest speaker will be Don Mobley,
who will give an illustrated talk about US Military
Aviation.
As well as a monthly meeting, we have 20 Activity
Groups, organised by our members, where interests
are shared and friendships forged. To learn of the
range of these groups please visit our website www.
wisseyu3a.org or contact our Chairman, David
Moncaster on 01760 724755 for further information.
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Special thanks to Jonathan and Claire at Iceni
Partnership for all their support with printing and
to Debbie and Stewart Bell for allowing use of the
Assembly Rooms when their light switch on event
was running. In total we managed to raise an amazing
£2,000 for Lisa, who has worked for Gill at Just Hair
for 16 years and suffered a devastating Brain bleed
in September at the age of 34. Lisa is still in the West
Raynham Stroke Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital
in Kings Lynn, and is still paralysed down her left side.
We are all so grateful to everyone for everything you
have all done to support Lisa. Thank you all from the
bottom of our hearts, with love from Kay, Gill, Keith &
all their girls Xxx
Phoenix Singers
On Friday 8th December in The Methodist Church
the Phoenix Singers gave their usual polished
performance entertaining the audience with a
programme of Christmas music. They were joined by
guests THREE’S COMPANY reciting some very amusing
poems and writings from Christmas past and present.
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Castle Quilters Group
(Formally Castle Quilters)
Are you looking for a friendly, creative group in
Swaffham? Come and try us. Starting in January we
will be meeting on the first Monday of each month at
Swaffham Community Centre on Campingland. The
first meeting is free, thereafter we charge £24 per
annum. We would love to welcome new members.
We hold occasional workshops.
Contact Margaret on 07767 435090 or Linda on
07884 077191.
Members of the choir also added to the festive
atmosphere with accompanying jingle bells and
recorder. What a versatile group of ladies they are.
During the interval a very lively raffle took place
with plenty of prizes. Mince pies and a fruit punch
were also on the menu. Once again a very enjoyable
evening was had by all.
The evening was sponsored by The Swaffham Cultural
Consortium, funded by Historic England. All proceeds
from the evening will go to a local Charity.
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